George Santos sends warning message before heading to prison
'I have no intentions of harming myself, and I will not willingly engage in any sexual activity while I'm in there. If anything comes out suggesting otherwise, consider it a lie…full stop,' the statement continued. The fabulist Long Islander who served for under a year before being expelled from the Capitol by his colleagues was found guilty of identity theft and fraud this year.
Santos, 36, assumed office in January 2023, becoming the first openly gay Republican to be elected. He was expelled later that year after lies he told about himself to get elected began to unfurl. Prosecutors presented evidence of Santos spending political donations on Botox, designer clothes, casino holidays, and OnlyFans fees. He was also ordered to pay at least $373,749.97 in restitution and forfeit over $200,000, according to a plea agreement he made last year.
Santos's message ended with a chilling warning. 'The statistics around what happens to gay men in BOP custody are horrifying, and that's exactly why I'm putting this out there now. So if something does happen, there's no confusion. I did NOT kill myself.' In another post, the ex-lawmaker shared he received his prison orders.
'Today I learned my prison designation, I learned my restrictions and I learned what is ahead,' he wrote Thursday. In yet another post about his sentence, Santos blamed a handful of lawmakers for keeping him from receiving clemency. Santos claimed he was told its not Speaker Mike Johnson or Trump keeping him from a deal 'it's Nick LaLota, Andrew Garbarino, Nicole Malliotakis, Nick Langworthy, Max Miller, and Mike Lawler,' the former Republican wrote.
'And there you have it, folks — the 'righteous saints' working overtime to keep me from a fair shake.' The former lawmaker's lies were numerous and spanned his education, work and family life. He lied about being an outstanding college volleyball player and coming from a wealthy heir to a real estate empire.
It was also reported that he had a drag queen alter ego named Kitara, and images surfaced of the what appeared to be the lawmaker in a dress and wig. Santos originally denied it was him. However, he later admitted it was him and soon after being expelled from Congress he began a gig on Cameo and brought out Kitara once more for content. Santos railed against the prosecutors in his case and accused on X the Department of Justice of being a 'cabal of pedophiles.'
At his sentencing the judge noted how Santos appeared unrepentant for his actions and crimes. Last month as tensions flared between the U.S. and Iran santos broke his silence for the first time since he was sentenced to over seven years in prison for wire fraud and identity theft . 'Hey folks its been real, and its also been a minute,' the convicted former congressman says in a selfie video posted on X.
'I'm kind of here just because I needed to stand by President Trump for this, because it's important to me.' Santos shared in the video that he learned from the Iranian community in the new York district he used to represent all about the country's revolution and the overthrow of the shah in 1979.
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